Multiple coronary stenting in unstable angina: Early and late clinical outcomes

✍ Scribed by Chauhan, Anoop ;Vu, Erik ;Ricci, Donald R. ;Buller, Christopher E. ;Moscovich, Michael D. ;Monkman, Stephanie ;Penn, Ian M.

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 45 KB
• Volume: 43
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0098-6569
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0304(199801)43:1<11::aid-ccd4>3.0.co;2-b

✦ Synopsis

We examined clinical outcomes in 110 consecutive patients with unstable angina who underwent multiple coronary stenting over a 32-mo period. The main outcome measures were death, stroke, myocardial infarction, bypass surgery, and repeat angioplasty. The angiographic success rate was 100%, and the procedural success rate was 96%. There were no in-hospital deaths and five (4.5%) patients had a myocardial infarction prior to discharge. There were four (3.6%) stent thromboses with one (0.9%) patient requiring urgent bypass surgery and two (1.8%) requiring repeat angioplasty. At late follow-up (11.9 ؎ 7.1 mo), there was (0.9%) death and three patients (2.8%) suffered myocardial infarction. Three (2.8%) patients underwent late bypass surgery and five (4.6%) had a repeat angioplasty. At follow-up, 86% of patients were event free. We conclude that multiple coronary stenting in unstable angina may be performed with a high procedural success rate and good long-term outcome. Cathet.